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Amazon to Hire 100,000 Temporary Employees for Holiday Ramp-Up

Amazon.com Inc. is hiring 100,000 seasonal workers — 25 percent more than last year — as it continues to make online ordering almost as fast as running to the store.

Retail

Amazon to Hire 100,000 Temporary Employees for Holiday Ramp-Up

Amazon.com Inc. is hiring 100,000 seasonal workers — 25 percent more than last year — as it continues to make online ordering almost as fast as running to the store.


Technology

Bits & Bytes | Facebook Shopping, Met Gala, Glamsquad Raises $15M

Bits and Bytes is a weekly roundup of the most important news in the fast evolving fashion-tech space.

Technology

Bits & Bytes | Facebook Shopping, Met Gala, Glamsquad Raises $15M

Bits and Bytes is a weekly roundup of the most important news in the fast evolving fashion-tech space.


Technology

Amazon’s Foray Into Handmade Goods Takes Direct Aim at Etsy

Amazon.com Inc. added homemade jewellery, home decor and other tchotchkes made by artisans to its Web store, encroaching into a market where Etsy Inc. and EBay Inc. have taken the lead against the online retailer.

Technology

Amazon’s Foray Into Handmade Goods Takes Direct Aim at Etsy

Amazon.com Inc. added homemade jewellery, home decor and other tchotchkes made by artisans to its Web store, encroaching into a market where Etsy Inc. and EBay Inc. have taken the lead against the online retailer.


Retail

Billionaires’ Startup Brings Black Friday to Pakistan’s Shoppers

The billionaire Samwer brothers want to help introduce Pakistan’s shoppers to a local version of Black Friday, the November sales binge that kicks off the year-end holiday retail season in the US.

Retail

Billionaires’ Startup Brings Black Friday to Pakistan’s Shoppers

The billionaire Samwer brothers want to help introduce Pakistan’s shoppers to a local version of Black Friday, the November sales binge that kicks off the year-end holiday retail season in the US.


Global Markets

When Shopkeepers Help You Tap ‘Buy’

As the country’s leading Internet bazaars — Flipkart, Snapdeal, and Amazon India — hawk wares to the urban, English-speaking middle class, they’re all but ignoring the 510 million working-age adults living in rural areas.

Global Markets

When Shopkeepers Help You Tap ‘Buy’

As the country’s leading Internet bazaars — Flipkart, Snapdeal, and Amazon India — hawk wares to the urban, English-speaking middle class, they’re all but ignoring the 510 million working-age adults living in rural areas.


Technology

Bits & Bytes | Apple's Fashion Hires, Who What Wear Funding, 'Uber for Models'

Bits and Bytes is a weekly roundup of the most important news in the fast evolving fashion-tech space.

Technology

Bits & Bytes | Apple's Fashion Hires, Who What Wear Funding, 'Uber for Models'

Bits and Bytes is a weekly roundup of the most important news in the fast evolving fashion-tech space.


Financial Markets

Amazon Lures Investors Back From Alibaba

China is no longer in vogue with e- commerce investors, as money returns to the U.S. and Amazon.com Inc. following a brief fling with Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. and its 367 million customers.

Financial Markets

Amazon Lures Investors Back From Alibaba

China is no longer in vogue with e- commerce investors, as money returns to the U.S. and Amazon.com Inc. following a brief fling with Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. and its 367 million customers.


Financial Markets

Jeff Bezos Sells More Than $500 Million in Amazon Shares

Amazon.com Inc.’s soaring stock price helped to boost proceeds from the sale of 1 million shares by chief executive officer Jeff Bezos this week, helping him reap more than $500 million.

Financial Markets

Jeff Bezos Sells More Than $500 Million in Amazon Shares

Amazon.com Inc.’s soaring stock price helped to boost proceeds from the sale of 1 million shares by chief executive officer Jeff Bezos this week, helping him reap more than $500 million.


Retail

Macy's Expands Same Day Delivery to 17 Cities as It Challenges Amazon

Macy's Inc said it will expand same day delivery services to nine cities and metropolitan areas this month, pushing into an aggressive field dominated by e-commerce giant Amazon.com Inc.

Retail

Macy's Expands Same Day Delivery to 17 Cities as It Challenges Amazon

Macy's Inc said it will expand same day delivery services to nine cities and metropolitan areas this month, pushing into an aggressive field dominated by e-commerce giant Amazon.com Inc.


Technology

Bits & Bytes | Retail's Holy Grail, Vogue on Amazon, Social Commerce

Bits and Bytes is a weekly roundup of the most important news in the fast evolving fashion-tech space.

Technology

Bits & Bytes | Retail's Holy Grail, Vogue on Amazon, Social Commerce

Bits and Bytes is a weekly roundup of the most important news in the fast evolving fashion-tech space.